Hat-guard.



B. A. GARLINGHOUSE.

HAT GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1009.

978,364. Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

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BURTON A. GARLINGHOUSE, 0F JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

HAT-GUARD.

Application filed November 27, 1909.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

Serial No. 530,201.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BURTON A. GARLING- iiousn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Guards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates .to improvements in hat guards and more particularly to devices such as shown in my Patent No. 822,266 of June 5, 1906, and its object is to provide ready means for attaching the device to a hat; to simplify and improve the construction, and to provide the device with various new and useful features hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat such as is ordinarily worn with a device embodying my invention placed therein; Fig. 2 an elevation of a portion of the hat viewed from the inside showing the hat guard adjusted to present an obstruction to placing the hat on the head. Fig. 3 a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 the same as Fig. 2 with the guard adjusted to remove the obstruction; and, Fig. 5 a perspective view of the device before attachment.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

The device comprises a clip formed of a sheet metal plate 1 having an upward extension 8 folded to embrace the sweat band of a hat and extending downward back of the plate 1 and below the same where it is provided with a broadened lowered portion 5 having an opening 6 to receive a spur 7 on the lower edge of the plate 1.

An elongated plate 2 is pivotally connected near one end to the upward extension of the plate 1 by means of an eyelet 12 and has folded edges 9 to retain a card 11. The free end of the plate 2 is turned inward as at 10 and folded around a pin having a head or knob 4. A stop 3 is formed of a projection on one side of the extension 8 folded in front of the same, and spaced apart therefrom to receive the plate 2. This stop engages one end of one of the folded edges 9 of the member 2 when said member is swung upward to prevent it from further rotating and engages the edge of the member 2 when the same is swung down as shown in Fig. 2. This stop also frictionally engages the front of the plate 8 and holds the same back in place against the front of the plate 1.

13 is an ordinary hat having the usual sweat band 1 1 located within it. The guard is placed within the hat with the part 5 of the clip between the sweat band 14 and the hat body and the plate 1 on the inner surface of the sweat band. The spur 7 is then forced through the sweat band 14 and the openin 6 and is then clenched upon the rear of the member 5, and thus securely fastens the device to the sweat band as shown in Fig. 3.

When it is desired to use the device as a guard, the plate 2 is lowered to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 8. The upturned portion 10 having the head 1, then projects within the hat and presents an obstruction to placing the hat on the head, and it is obvious that no one will by mistake be likely to appropriate the hat. This obstruction will also draw attention to the inscription on the tag 11. When it is desired to remove the obstruction, it is only necessary to 1'0- tate the plate 2 to the position shown in Fig. 4, the frictional contact of the plates 1 and 2 and the stop 3 serving to hold the plate 2 in this position. An advertisement or like inscription may be placed upon the plate 1 where it will be plainly exposed when the plate 2 is raised.

What I claim is 1. A hat guard, comprising a clip adapted to be secured to a sweat band of a hat, a plate pivoted at one end to the clip, and having the movable end projecting outward therefrom, and a stop on the clip engaging the plate and limiting its movement to one half of a revolution about its pivot.

2. A hat guard comprising a clip adapted to be attached to the sweat band of a hat, a plate pivoted at one end to the upper part of the clip and adapted to turn upward above the clip and downward in front of the same, an outward projection on the movable end of the plate, and a stop formed of a projection on the clip and folded in front of the same, and also adapted to engage the end of the plate and stop the same in upward position and to engage the edge and front of the plate and hold the same in downward position.

3-. A hat guard, comprising a clip adaptof the plate to stop and frictionally hold the ed to be secured to a sweat band of a hat, a plate in lowered position. 10 plate pivoted to said clip at one end having In testimony whereof I aflix my signature folded edges, and an outwardly projecting in presence of two witnesses.

5 movable end, and a stop on the clip adapted BURTON A. GARLINGHOUSE.

to engage the end of one folded edge to Witnesses: limit the movement of the plate upward and HERBERT R. VVILLIs,

also engaging the opposite edge and front Donn LYoNs. 

